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Garda Strength.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 September 2009

Thursday, 24 September 2009

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Emmet Stagg

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76 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each garda division here on 1 September 2009; and the population covered by each garda division per Census 2006. [32892/09]

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I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that, as of 31 August 2009, the personnel strength of each Garda Division was as listed in the following table. The population of each County as per the 2006 Census drawn from the website of the Central Statistics Office (www.cso.ie) is also shown in a separate table.

The Commissioner is in the process of re-aligning Garda Divisional boundaries to make them coterminous with local authority boundaries. As a consequence of this work, the geographical areas of Garda Divisions, districts and sub-district stations were also realigned while at the same time ensuring that service delivery to the community was maintained to the highest possible standard.

Any comparison between the 2006 Census population figures and the 2009 figures for the personnel strength of Garda Divisions would not be an accurate reflection of the current situation.

Division

Strength

Division

Strength

Division

Strength

DMR South Central

774

Tipperary

390

Sligo / Leitrim

313

DMR North Central

708

Cork City

685

Clare

336

DMR North

816

Cork North

304

Mayo

320

DMR East

474

Cork West

309

Galway

595

DMR South

636

Kerry

342

Roscommon /Longford

298

DMR West

772

Limerick

643

Westmeath

251

Kilkenny/Carlow

300

Donegal

476

Meath

310

Wicklow

351

Cavan / Monaghan

418

Kildare

321

Laois / Offaly

332

Louth

313

Waterford

299

Wexford

286

County

Population as per 2006 Census

County

Population as per 2006 Census

County

Population as per 2006 Census

Dublin

1,187,176

Carlow

50,349

Galway

231,670

Kildare

186,335

Wexford

131,749

Leitrim

28,950

Kilkenny

87,558

Wicklow

126,194

Mayo

123,839

Laois

67,059

Clare

110,950

Roscommon

58,768

Longford

34,391

Cork

481,295

Sligo

60,894

Louth

111,267

Kerry

139,835

Cavan

64,003

Meath

162,831

Limerick

184,055

Donegal

147,264

Offaly

70,868

Tipperary

149,244

Monaghan

55,997

Westmeath

79,346

Waterford

107,961

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